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1. According to article 1, line 1, title two, political parties and movements shall be granted, according to line 2 of this article, a rightful yearly contribution for funding their political activity, equal to EUR 0.50 for each euro they received as yearly subscriptions and donations from natural persons and institutions. In order to calculate the contribution, there shall be considered, within the maximum limit of euro 10,000 per year for each natural person or institutions allotting funds, the subscriptions of members and cashed in donations.
2. Political parties and movements that have obtained at least 2% of the votes validly expressed during the elections for renewal of the Chamber of Deputies or that have obtained at least one candidate chosen from among them during the elections for the renewal of the Senate, Chamber of Deputies, Italian members of European Parliament, regional councils and councils of autonomous provinces Trento and Bolzano, shall contribute to the subscription provided at line 1, first title of this article, within the maximum total limit equal to the amount provided at article 1 line 1 title II. This amount shall be divided equally in four funds, one for each election. The fond for the renewal of regional councils is distributed on regional ground, proportional to the population of the region. Each entitled political party or movement has the right, according to title I, for each fund, to a maximum reimbursement proportional to the number of votes validly obtained during the last election. The shares of non-granted contributions according to this article shall be paid to the state budget's incomes.
3. The contribution application provided in this article is formulated jointly with the application formulated by political parties and movements, according to article 3, and is subject to the same maturity term.
4. Contributions are established based on accounting records and documents of the previous financial year for each legislature year of the bodies provided at line 2. In this respect, according to the same line, entitled political parties and movements shall declare to the Commission provided at article 9, until the 15th of June of each year, the total amount of donations provided at line 1 of this article, cashed during the previous year and established according to the same line. The information shall be certified by one of the audit companies provided at article 9 line 1. As transitory provision, as concerns the donations for 2012, this certification may be granted by each political party or movement's auditors' board.
5. The commission provided at article 9 shall communicate the Presidents of the Senate, Republic and Chamber of Deputies, until July 10th of each year, the value of the contribution awarded to each political party and movement according to line 1 of this article.
6. The allotment of contributions is decided based on the same methods provided at article 1 line 2 of the Law no. 157 of June 3rd 1999, as replaced by article 3 of this law, within the limits established at line 2 of this article.